Water baptism is necessary to be in the first resurrection

I don’t see any contradictions in the Bible or “my interpretation” as you say.

Point them out exactly. Do you disagree with Romans 6 that says if you’re baptized you will be be resurrected like Jesus?

Baptism is Required.

Peter 3: 21.... whereunto even baptism doth also now save us...

John 3:5 .......Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.

Well, of course you don't. You're still arguing about it.

You claim a believer must be water baptized in order to receive a glorified body, because of your take on 1 Cor 15:29.
But 1 Cor 15:23 indicates that ALL saved people will be resurrected "when He comes". That is a conflict and contradiction, whether you compreehend that or not.


Please include a specific verse number so I can see what it says.

As Willow pointed out, there are many different baptisms in Scripture. You can't lump them all into one wet ritual.

To be "born of water" is a reference to being physically born.
To be "born of the Spirit" is a reference to being spiritually born.

Nah. Being born of water and Spirit is most certainly a reference to actual water baptism since people aren’t literally born again a second time from their mother. You made the same mistake Nicodemus did, apparently, even though Jesus made every effort to correct him. If you won’t hear Him I doubt you’ll hear me.

Nah.

@FreeGrace2 is correct:
To be "born of water" is a reference to being physically born.
To be "born of the Spirit" is a reference to being spiritually born.

Furthermore, it is intellectually dishonest to insert the word "water" every time "Baptism" is mentioned in scripture.

I would put forth that the VAST majority of references to "Baptism" is concerning the Baptism of the Holy Spirit (not water).
Even John the Baptist recognized that water submersion was meaningless in the presence of Holy Spirit Baptism.

Nicodemus was corrected for thinking that being born again meant physical birth. Being born of water is water baptism not physical birth. Check it again please.

John 3:4-5
4Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother's womb, and be born? 5Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.

Jesus did NOT say "born of water AGAIN"

Nicodemus was corrected for thinking that being born again meant physical birth. Being born of water is water baptism not physical birth. Check it again please.

John 3:4-5
4Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother's womb, and be born? 5Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.

John 3:7
7Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.

He’s referencing being born of water and Spirit. It certainly is not physical birth again from a mother. It’s a new birth that involves literal water and God’s Spirit.

Intentional misquoting Scripture is a SIN. The Apostle Peter never said water baptism saves us.

1 Peter 3:18-22
For Christ also suffered once for sins, the just for the unjust, that He might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive by the Spirit, 19by whom also He went and preached to the spirits in prison, 20who formerly were disobedient, when once the Divine longsuffering waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was being prepared, in which a few, that is, eight souls, were saved through water.
21There is also SYMBOLIC of which now saves us - baptism, not the removal of the filth of the flesh,
but the answer of a good conscience toward God, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,
22who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, angels and authorities and powers having been made subject to Him.

i never said to anyone at any time or to any of the 'religious' here on CC, do not get water baptized.

i always agree with scripture, which is why = i have been water baptized, but it did not save me or anyone!!!

What saves us is exactly what the Scripture says = "the answer of a good conscience toward God" = FAITH & OBEDIENCE

lol of the month = misquoting Galatian 3:26

For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.
27For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. 28There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus. 29And if you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.

The Baptism that now saves us is not wet water but the WORD mixed with FAITH by the HOLY SPIRIT.

This is He who came by water and blood—Jesus Christ; not only by water, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit who bears witness, because the Spirit is truth. For there are three that bear witness in heaven: the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit; and these three are one.
And there are three that bear witness on earth: the Spirit, the water, and the blood; and these three agree as one.

Notice the comparison of water to the WORD = water baptism is purely SYMBOLIC of the WORD which is TRUTH.

Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself for her,
that He might sanctify and cleanse her with the washing of water by the Word(of God).

CONCLUSION: Religion is the outward flesh that opposes the inward working of the HOLY SPIRIT.

I included all of the relevant information in the OP. Again, go back and read the OP. How many times do I have to tell you this.

Nah. Being born of water and Spirit is most certainly a reference to actual water baptism since people aren’t literally born again a second time from their mother.

You made the same mistake Nicodemus did, apparently, even though Jesus made every effort to correct him. If you won’t hear Him I doubt you’ll hear me.

Keep on trying as you spit denominational dogma, but, you will never get there.

Wow. Talk about being misleading. Let's look at 2 verses here.

20 to those who were disobedient long ago when God waited patiently in the days of Noah while the ark was being built. In it only a few people, eight in all, were saved through water,
21 and this water (literal water) symbolizes baptism that now saves you also—not the removal of dirt from the body but the pledge of a clear conscience toward God. It saves you by the resurrection of Jesus Christ,

In v.20 Peter notes that Noah + 7 were saved FROM water. Yes, the word in the verse is "through", and it means they were carried safely through the water that killed all living beings on the earth. iow, all that were BAPTIZED (immersed) in literal water DIED.

Same principle at the Red Sea. The entire Egyptian army got BAPTIZED and DIED. The Israelites were saved THROUGH the water. They stayed bone dry.

Now to v.21, which you didn't quote completely. Peter is clearly saying that literal water is a SYMBOL for the baptism that DOES save you.

So, what in the world was he talking about? Let's consider what a famous baptizer once said about baptism.

Mark 1:8 - I baptize you with water, but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.”

The baptism of the Holy Spirit occurs the moment a person believes in Christ. He indwells the believer. Read Acts 10 and 11 which explains the conversion of Cornelius and his family. When they believed, they received the Holy Spirit.


To be "born of water" is a reference to being physically born.
To be "born of the Spirit" is a reference to being spiritually born.

Nicodemus was corrected for thinking that being born again meant physical birth. Being born of water is water baptism not physical birth. Check it again please.

Jesus did NOT say "born of water AGAIN"

John 3:7
7Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.

He’s referencing being born of water and Spirit. It certainly is not physical birth again from a mother. It’s a new birth that involves literal water and God’s Spirit.

I hear the Word of God clearly. ......................

You talk it but, you don't show it.

Of course He didn't. That is very obvious. Why you think anyone thinks what you incorrectly think is a mystery.